Now Also the M7-R hall sensor gimbals which support 45 degree instead of the regular 60 degree on the throttle or pitch axis only,
Roll and yaw is still 60 degree,
This is just like the X9D M9-R red gimbals,
This gives less travel on the stick, especially good for thumber like me
I have the M9-R as both gimbals on my M9-R and just love it!

Can't say I am surprised - they need to recover the costs of developing their own firmware, and the best way to do that is to try to cover various price points with different TXs that run it. I bet there won't be an OpenTX version for this one!

The problem for a set likely this is going to be pricing - can they bring it in under Spek DX6 money, can they make any money even if they do, and will people pay not very much less than an X9D for a much less rich featured set? Can't see it myself; with their slick marketing and BNF offerings I think Spek will continue to rule at the beginners end of the market.

Can't say I am surprised - they need to recover the costs of developing their own firmware, and the best way to do that is to try to cover various price points with different TXs that run it. I bet there won't be an OpenTX version for this one!

I would be amazed if it uses anything other than a simplified version of FrTx ported from the Horus. If they are not going to run it across all their future TXs why bother going to the cost and pain of developing it?

Can't say I am surprised - they need to recover the costs of developing their own firmware, and the best way to do that is to try to cover various price points with different TXs that run it. I bet there won't be an OpenTX version for this one!

The problem for a set likely thisis going to be pricing - can they bring it in under Spek DX6 money, can they make any money even if they do, and will people pay not very much less than a an X9D for a much less rich featured set? Can't see it myself; with their slick marketing and BNF offerings I think Spek will continue to rule at the beginners end of the market.

I don't agree with some of what you say.
For FPV Racer quads, Frsky Taranis actually rules the market as far as I see around me in the hobby, even for beginners.
And also, if i was to recommend a beginner a cheaper radio i would recommend Flysky X6i or Turnigy Evolution (which i might actually use instead of the taranis) and not Spek.h

I think the X7 will be like the taranis but smaller, its a shame that long time ago radios were big because they needed to accomodate the electronics and mechanical aspects, and today they are big just to look like they used to look back then. the Turnigy Evolution is defiantly a step in the right direction but its still has some weak spots like the screen.

A good example of good direction would be the DJI Mavic remote, its so small and feels very good, and has all the electronics stuff inside the smallest form factor.

The Taranis is great, but it is too big and has too many features for what we need that we can give up in order to make it smaller, to have the sport as minimalistic as possible, just through the remote in your bag without a care.

My switches are always breaking, why do they have to look so 1980 like? why not something else? that is less break likely?

I would be amazed if it uses anything other than a simplified version of FrTx ported from the Horus. If they are not going to run it across all their future TXs why bother going to the cost and pain of developing it?

Wow -- that's not suppose to be public... but it's over a month old.. what the heck.

As you can see from the internal newsletter: As of early October it was planned to have OpenTX for Taranis+ on board.

I don't know if it will be sold as a stand alone product - I suspect that it may be only sold bundled with quads/drones. It would be ludicrous for FrSky to cannibalize their Taranis X9DP sales with a very inexpensive stripped down version.